Grover Eldred Cavin

Wednesday, November 6, 2013 12:00 AM

Services for Grover Eldred Cavin will be held Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013, at 2 p.m. from McClain-Hays Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Justin Chaney and Bro. Dave Schultz officiating. Burial will follow in Cedarlawn Cemetery with McClain-Hays Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

Mr. Cavin, 72, went to be with his Lord on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2013.

Grover was born on Dec. 19, 1940, to Grover Breland Cavin and Essie Lee Ashley and raised in the small town of Perrytown. He later moved to Natchez then eventually moved to his wife's hometown of Philadelphia where he made his home. He was a member of Perrytown Church of Christ. He was known to his family and friends as "GE, Eldred, Rawhide and Brother-n-Law."

Grover was a lifetime member of the NRA. He enjoyed fishing and hunting. He was always working on projects. He enjoyed what he did and was always a help to those who knew him. He was a man of many talents and could design and build just about anything. He made many friends during his life. Grover was a devoted and loving father to his family and wife and a friend to all. He will be greatly missed.

Survivors include his wife, Nan McDaniel Cavin; son, David (Patricia) Cavin of Natchez; daughter, Terri Cavin (John) O'Reilly of Pickens; three grandchildren, Melissa, Alex and Lauryn; and one great-grandchild, Kinsley. He also leaves a large group of extended family and friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents and sister, Joyce Cavin Wilkinson.